yeh, i was chatting to him earlier about it. bit expensive, but if i can get him to throw in nicola as well, no brainer.
Personally I prefer reason, logic, knowledge, experience, and understanding as bases for decision-making. Interesting synthesis. Instead of contrasting "common sense" with reason, logic, knowledge, experience, and understanding you now attempt to conflate the two concepts. But if no such contrast exists, what point is being made by those who call for "common sense"?
A toast to common sense If you want to see the gap between the House of Lords and reality for yourself, then just look at their champagne budget - Comment - Voices - The Independent
Is "common sense" not acquired through applying reason and logic to experience to achieve knowledge and understanding ?
So the average member of the House of Lords spends £2 per week on wine. And this is supposed to be a news item? The Independent must be getting desperate for copy if that is all they can scrape up.
Pete what would be your definition of common sense? And if no such thing exists how would you define the common conscience of society?
If this (and other forums) has taught me anything, it's that there is no such animal as a common conscience of society.
I'm far from sure that common sense exists. In my experience, sense isn't common at all. It's extremely rare.
I agree, having thought about this Pete is probably right. When I ask for a response from our learned friend I'm not on a wind up I am genuinely interested in his thoughts.
Common sense is overrated. Sometimes a wrong or incorrect decision can be serendipitous. Reason, knowledge, understanding and logic can also sometimes bias a decision towards conformity. Occasionally just being or thinking randomly can bring unforeseen benefits and experiences.